Mike Lang was Chief Executive Officer of

Miramax Films Miramax, LLC, also known as Miramax Films, is an American film and television production and distribution company founded on December 19, 1979, by brothers Harvey and Bob Weinstein, and based in Los Angeles, California. It was initially a lead ...

. He resigned March 16, 2012. Lang was a former News Corp. executive, where he was involved in acquiring MySpace and starting the streaming service Hulu. Lang steered the deal for

Filmyard Holdings Filmyard Holdings was an American pure holding company and is the former parent company of Miramax. Colony Capital and Qatar Investment Authority own the studio. Rob Lowe is an investor in Colony's entertainment fund. On December 3, 2010, Disn ...

to purchase Miramax Films from

The Walt Disney Company The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney (), is an American multinational mass media and entertainment industry, entertainment conglomerate (company), conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios (Burbank), Walt Disney Stud ...

. At closing he was named CEO of Miramax Films, where he licensed or sold the bulk of its Weinstein-era film catalog. In February 2016, Lang joined the Discovery Channel network. That November, Discovery Networks International appointed him to lead its Nordic region of Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland, as president of International Development, Digital and Discovery Nordics.

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